A proposal to name a stretch of interstate to honor of the late U.S. Rep. Howard Coble has earned approval and heads now to the state Department of Transportation for review.

Media outlets report the Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved at its meeting last week a resolution to dedicate a 4.6-mile stretch of I-85 to Coble, who died in November. The proposed strip of highway runs between I-40 and Alamance Church Road, near the location of Coble's childhood home.

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Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Mills says the naming committee will make a decision on the proposal and forward that to the full board. If both groups approve a proposal, Coble's name will be adopted. Commissioner Alan Branson says the name change would happen sometime next year.